Frequent isolation of Echinococcus multilocularis from the livers of racehorses slaughtered in Yamagata, Japan

MeSH terms

• Abattoirs
• Animals
• Echinococcosis, Hepatic / epidemiology
• Echinococcosis, Hepatic / parasitology
• Echinococcosis, Hepatic / veterinary*
• Echinococcus multilocularis / classification
• Echinococcus multilocularis / genetics
• Echinococcus multilocularis / isolation & purification*
• Female
• Horse Diseases / epidemiology*
• Horse Diseases / parasitology
• Horses / parasitology
• Japan / epidemiology
• Liver / parasitology*
• Liver / pathology
• Male